Costoc Chardonnay, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019

2 - 15 L Costco White Wine Kits

O.G. - 1.092
Racking gravity - 1.000
F.G. - .992
% - 13.5

In pails with the lid on loose with baseboard on 68 F. Temp is a little high - 74 F. Can't get it to go to 72 F, so I quite trying but keeping it from getting to warm.

Day 1 - Followed the kit instructions. Added 8 L of spring water to each pail.
Day 2 - Bathroom smells like wine.
Day 3 - Same.
Day 8 - 74 F. Temp strips are reading 2 F apart, either accurate or not, who knows. Rack to
              carboys soon.
Day 11 - Had a hard time leaving the sediment behind in the pails. Got around 2 inches in each
               pail. I will be more careful next time, but I think it doesn't matter anyway because it is
               only in these carboys 15 days. Rack and clear after that.
Day 26 - Oct. 23 - Rack to a carboy and add/degas all the stuff.
Day 27 - Oct. 24 - Add the clearing agent and let it sit for 8 days or until clear.
Day 28 - Oct. 25 - Added Chitosan to clear it. Works very fast. Bottle around Nov. 3 or so.
Nov 4 - Bottled all of it.

                                                                 Taste At Bottling

I split the wine sweetener between the 2 batches. Seems fine, very clear after filtering. Only did one carboy. Not sure when I can get the other one bottled.

                                                                 2nd Bottling - Nov.25

Way too long before I bottle this. I am rarely at Costco, so I may as well buy a kit at the Wine Shoppe. You can make wine on Dec. 19 because there is no hockey.